Nauticam NA-D700 User manual

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Thank you for your purchase of a NAUTICAM digital camera housing.
At NAUTICAM, we pride ourselves on the ability to recognise the requirements of
professional as well as amateur underwater photographers and fulfill them through
the innovative designs of our products. We strive to achieve a high level of user-
friendliness by allowing stress-free installation and easy operation of all important
functions of the camera.
Each housing is individually inspected and water pressure tested to more than 75
metres to ensure optimum quality.
Please read this manual carefully before using the housing, this will maximise its
performance as well as its lifetime.

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1. All NAUTICAM Products are warranted against any material and manufacturing
defects for one year from the date of purchase for consumer use.
2. NAUTICAM accepts no liability for any damage to and defects in the housing
caused by improper use and/or poor maintenance; it is the responsibility of the
owner to carefully follow the instructions in this manual.
3. NAUTICAM does not hold responsibility for damage, of any nature, to any
equipment used with and/or placed within the housing.
4. NAUTICAM accepts no liability for any loss of captured images or the inability to
capture images even if it is due to the malfunctioning or leakage of the housing.
5. This warranty only applies to products purchased from authorised NAUTICAM
dealers and does not extend beyond the original retail purchaser.
6. Unauthorised modifications and/or repairs of the housing will automatically
invalidate this warranty.
7. To return products for service, please contact our regional distributor, normally
you would need to notify them by email first and ship them the product by
registered mail, along with your contact details and a brief description of the
defect.

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1. NA-D700 housing
2. Instruction manual
3. Spare silicone rubber main o-ring
4. O-ring remover
5. CR2032 battery (for moisture alarm)
6. Lubricant
7. Set of Allen keys
Spare silicone rubber o-ring
Lubricant Set of Allen keys
CR2032 battery
O-ring remover

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1. A water-tight test without the camera inside the housing is highly recommended
when using the system for the first time and after the changing of port and O-
ring(s).
2. Do not use lubricants from other brands with the silicone rubber O-ring on this
housing, only use the lubricant provided by NAUTICAM.
3. Discontinue use immediately should you notice any leakage.
4. Store the housing in a robust, shock-proof container during transportation; avoid
transporting with any equipment, such as a camera, inside the housing.
5. When travelling by air, do not close the housing if the port is installed, as this may
lead to a pressure difference between the atmosphere and inside the housing.
6. Care must be taken when opening the housing, as pressure may build up inside the
housing which increases the opening force.
7. Do not open the product in a wet or sandy environment. Protect the interior from
moisture and debris in order to prevent malfunction or leakage.
8. Do not store the product in an environment of high humidity.
9. Do not leave the housing and the camera in direct sunlight for prolonged periods.
10. Keep out of reach of children, failure to do so could result in injury.
11. Defective products should be shipped to our distributors for service, unauthorized
disassembling and/or modifications could result in malfunction or leakage.

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Specifications 6
Identification of Parts 7
Preparation of the Housing 12
Opening and Closing the Housing 15
Installing the Camera 16
Flash Operation 19
Mounting the Port 20
Connecting the Strobe System 22
Changing the Viewfinder 26
Care and Maintenance 28
Optional Accessories 29

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Housing body: Aluminium alloy
Surface treatment: Hard anodised
Display window: Abrasion resistant polycarbonate
Construction
Grip handles: Polycarbonate and rubber
Width: 360 mm
Height: 212 mm
Dimensions
Depth: 139 mm
Weight 3.1 kg
Buoyancy Slightly negative
Depth rating 75 metres
Moisture alarm: Blinking LED and audible alarm
Viewfinder: 0.66X viewfinder
Single Nikonos 5-pin bulkhead (optional)
TTL capability: 2 optical bulkheads utilising on camera pop-
up flash as commmander
Port mount: Patented port locking lever for easy port
installation.
Flash pop-up/Flash
compensation button
Pressing this button raises the camera’s built-
in flash as well as allowing the flash
exposure to be adjusted.
Features
Flash up/off lever: Allows the camera’s built-in flash to be
disabled underwater.

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1 On/Off control knob 7 Main command dial
2 Grip handles x 2 8 AF-ON lever
3Port locking lever 9 Flash Up/Off lever
4Locking latches x 3 10 Shutter release lever
5Optical bulkheads for strobes
connection x 2 11 OK/Select lever
6Release mode dial 12 Sub-command dial
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13 Moisture alarm 22 Up selector
14 Delete button 23 Left selector
15 Menu button 24 Right selector
16 Protect/Help button 25 Down selector
17 Thumbnail/playback zoom out
button 26 AF-area mode selector
18 Playback zoom in button 27 Info Button
19 OK button 28 Zoom/focus knob
20 AE-L/AF-L button 29 Focus mode selector
21 Metering selector 30 Playback lever
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Shooting Tips
1. By setting the “Release Button to Use Dial” function of the D700 camera to Yes
allows adjustments which are normally made by holding down a button and
rotating a command dial to be made by rotating the command dial after the button
is pressed and released.
To enable this function, under Menu, scroll to
Custom Setting Menu (Pencil shaped icon on the
left of the LCD screen), enter ‘f’ Controls.
Then scroll to ‘f10’ Release Button to Use Dial and
enter.
Select ‘Yes’ and press OK.
31 Nikonos 5-pin bulkhead
(optional) 35 White balance button
32 Flash pop-up/Flash compensation
button 36 Exposure mode button
33 Image quality/size button 37 Exposure compensation button
34 ISO sensitivity button
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